{"product_id":"buddhafield-dharma-lokabandhu-9781905297948","title":"Buddhafield Dharma: Practising Buddhism on the Land","description":"\u003cp\u003eBuddhafield is a unique phenomenon in the history of Western Buddhism: a joyous, hard-working, idealistic, experimental, Dharma-practicing community of men, women and children who take delight in Dharma practice out-of-doors, in the woods and fields of England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing inspiration from the classic Buddhist Mahayana text the Vimalakirti Nirdesa, Buddhafield aspires to be first and foremost a \"field of living beings\" - but also, of \"high resolve, virtuous application, generosity, tolerance, meditation, wisdom\", and much more. Buddhafielders are equally at home on a month-long silent meditation retreat in a remote Devon valley or teaching meditation in the depths of the 200,000-person Glastonbury music festival - or serving up veggie burgers 18 hours a day in the Buddhafield Café.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book sets out to document the many facets of the Buddhafield project, and to explore something of its unique approach to Dharma practice - centred as it is on a love of the elements and community, with a deep appreciation of inter-connectedness and the need for a comprehensive approach to environmental and ecological ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its core is a collection of ten Dharma talks by members of the Triratna Buddhist Order, of which Buddhafield is a part. There's also a full introduction to the many facets of the project, a brief history, a fine collection of photographs, and a series of practical instructions ranging from how to build a geodesic dome to how to make a hot tub to how to make a vegan 'shepherdess pie' for 200 people - all as used in Buddhafield.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book has been produced as Buddhafield prepares to celebrate the 20th Buddhafield Festival, a much-loved annual gathering of some 3,000 people, with a unique 'no-drink-no-drugs' approach to alternative festival-going, asking people to cultivate instead an atmosphere of 'clear and radiant awareness'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lokabandhu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1905297947\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781905297948\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Avalonia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.47d","brand":"Lokabandhu","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48587935711487,"sku":"9781905297948","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_709b2ad3-42c9-4fcf-a119-02e79ad893fa.jpg?v=1780171462","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/buddhafield-dharma-lokabandhu-9781905297948","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}